Constituency
350. Barmer
Community mirrorRajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BARMER
INC 56.3%won by 17.1%BJS 39.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.8% to 17.1%.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.9% to 52.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,68,740
Turnout
52.0%
Valid votes
2,95,727
Margin
50,573
17.10%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1AMRIT NAHATAIndian National Congress · INC1,66,60556.3%
- 2BHAIRON SINGH SHEKHAWATBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,16,03239.2%
- 3JAHOOR AHMADNCO · NCO6,8292.3%
- 4HAKIKATULLA KHANIndependent · IND3,3521.1%
- 5HARI RAMIndependent · IND2,9091.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −37.5%
- INC share
- 54.6% → 56.3%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 39.2%
- Turnout
- 41.1% → 52.0%